Clarus Teams with Microsoft to Sponsor the Clarus B2B E-Commerce Event of the Year.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2000 The Clarus eC Leadership Conference 2000 to launch this June in Orlando Clarus Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CLRS CLRS Center for Labor Research and Studies CLRS Central Launch and Recovery Section CLRS Claims Legal Research System ), a leading business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) e-Commerce solution provider, announced today the Clarus(TM) eC Leadership Conference 2000, which promises to be one of the most influential e-commerce events of the year. B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. market leader Microsoft Corp. serves as a primary sponsor for the event scheduled for June 7-10 in Orlando, FL USA. Clarus has organized industry leaders and executives from around the world to participate in this one-of-a-kind exchange of visionary B2B market trends. Keynote speeches will be delivered by David Seigel, leading Internet strategist, acclaimed author, and President of Seigel Vision, and Lou Dobbs Lou Dobbs (born September 24 1945), is the CNN anchor and managing editor for Lou Dobbs Tonight. He is also an editorial columnist and syndicated radio show host. Lou Dobbs Tonight attracts CNN's second-largest audience after Larry King Live , internationally recognized journalist and founder of CNNfn. Conference attendees also will have an opportunity to hear keynote addresses by e-commerce executives from Microsoft and Compaq. Additionally, this B2B e-commerce event promises exposure to leading industry analysts including AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research, Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
The eC Leadership Conference will include four major tracks of breakout sessions focused on the vital areas: integration and ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). of electronic procurement solutions; exploiting new business opportunities through deployment of digital marketplaces; ideal catalog and content management solutions, and effective e-commerce deployment strategies. Interactive panel discussions, customer case studies and executive-level presentations will be presented by respected industry thought leaders and sponsors including Deloitte & Touche, Chase H&Q, U.S. Bancorp  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. Piper Jaffray, Comcast, Compaq, MasterCard International, Microsoft, TPN TPN, in biochemistry, abbreviation for triphosphopyridine nucleotide, a coenzyme now usually called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, or NADP. Register and Wachovia. "As an established leader in the rapidly evolving B2B e-commerce market, Clarus is bringing together an extraordinary group of industry leaders and customers to discuss the latest e-commerce innovations and trends," said Steve Jeffery, chairman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Clarus. "The eC Leadership Conference is an ideal forum for an exchange of valuable market information and deployment perspectives for maximizing the ROI of e-commerce." "The Clarus B2B e-commerce solutions, built exclusively on the Microsoft Windows DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. platform, is a great example of the e-business technology innovations we are seeing today that enable faster time-to-market, flexibility and reliability to grow," said Peter Boit, vice president, eBusiness Solutions Group at Microsoft. "We are pleased to be working with a B2B e-commerce leader like Clarus helping companies to take advantage of the B2B market." This executive-level conference was designed to benefit CEOs, CFOs, COOs, Vice Presidents and Corporate Directors representing both buyers and suppliers who are engaged in any of the following: -- Electronic Commerce -- Digital Marketplaces -- Electronic Procurement -- Supply Chain Management -- Corporate Purchasing -- Business Development -- Information Technology For more information and to register for the Clarus' eC Leadership Conference 2000 please call 800-737-0050/ 1-770-291-8566 or visit www.claruscorp.com About Clarus Atlanta-based Clarus Corporation (www.claruscorp.com; NASDAQ: CLRS) a leader in business-to-business (B2B) e-Commerce, provides Web-based procurement software and services that exploit the global marketplace of the Internet to manage corporate purchasing and enable digital marketplaces. Clarus is the clear alternative in B2B e-commerce supporting the open, direct Internet model based on the ClarusDirect(TM) architecture. This architecture directly connects buyers and suppliers to maximize cost savings, improve procurement efficiencies, and create new revenue opportunities for large and mid-sized companies. Clarus solutions leverage its SupplierUniverse trading network for managed content, trading services and supplier integration. Clarus solutions are being deployed at customer sites including Cinergy, Comcast Corporation, First Data Corporation, Gjensidige NOR, MasterCard International, MetLife, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Perot Systems and Wachovia. THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 27A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND SECTION 21E OF THE EXCHANGE ACT. ACTUAL RESULTS COULD DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE PROJECTED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF CERTAIN RISKS INCLUDING THAT THE BUSINESS OR PROSPECTS EXPECTED BY THE COMPANY AS A RESULT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT MAY NOT OCCUR. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO OTHER RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES, AND OTHER FILINGS MADE BY THE COMPANY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. Clarus is a trademark of Clarus Corporation. Throughout this release, software and hardware products are mentioned by name. In most, if not all, cases, these product names are claimed as trademarks by the companies that manufacture the products. It is not our intention to claim these names or trademarks as our own. |
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